CNN/YouTube Debate: Numbers down a bit…
Comparing the ratings for the CNN/YouTube Debate with the ratings for the CNN New Hampshire Democratic Debate, CNN was down a bit across the board; down by 6% in Total Viewers and down by 21% in Demo Viewers (25-54)
YouTube Debate - 2,552,000 Total Viewers/831,000 Demo Viewers
New Hampshire Debate - 2,714,000 Total Viewers/1,050 Demo Viewers
(numbers are Live)
New Hampshire Debate - 2,714,000 Total Viewers/1,050 Demo Viewers
1,050 demo viewers? That’s worse than CNBC! :p
Comment by Anonymous — July 24, 2007 @ 7:13 pm
I sooo agree with Chickadee…TOOO long of a political season and people will and are getting bored
Comment by Wenchie — July 24, 2007 @ 7:52 pm
The demo numbers for the debate is a typing error. It’s supposed to be a million (not a thousand).
Comment by F101 — July 24, 2007 @ 8:26 pm
The biggest problem they have is too many candidates and they are trying to fit in too many issues, leaving the viewer to hear 60 second responses to some pretty big questions.
I don’t know how many more of these are scheduled, but they should do at least one debate where they constrain the topics to 3 major ones - say the war against terrorism, health care and education (there are plenty more…just an example). This way the viewers could get a good idea of not only where the candidates stand but what they would do (with some depth).
Comment by FishOil — July 24, 2007 @ 9:31 pm